USDA’s Farm Service Agency will accept CFAP 2 applications through December 11, 2020.

Ornamental crop producers (Christmas trees, Floriculture/Cut flowers, Nursery crops, Cactus) are eligible for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2). The CFAP 2 program is open to all of these operations and is based on sales, inventory, acreage or production in the 2019 or 2020 calendar years (depending on the commodity). Applicants do not need to have suffered a loss or provide any supporting documentation at sign up, unless requested.

Click here to start the process or call 877-508-8364 (or local office, links below) to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer assistance.

Additional links:

FSA Offices (numbers and locations)

CFAP2 Factsheet

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

6:00-7:00 pm

Click here to register for the twilight meeting

Registration password: nursery

Click here to upload your government issued Photo ID and Pesticide License prior to the meeting

Please join us for a CORE (2) credit bearing session where Pat Hastings will be discussing regulatory requirements for pesticide applicator certification, recertification, and licensing in New Jersey. Administrative changes to certification, recertification, and license renewal processes in New Jersey; includes interim COVID-19 exemptions. Will walk through use of online systems in place for manuals, examinations, and license renewal; resource guide with links provided. Revisions to New Jersey pesticide regulations NJAC 7:30  (April 2020), including certification by examination and Worker Protection. Special emphasis on key differences for ag employers and trainers between NJ regulations and 2015 federal Revised Worker Protection Standard. Explanation of federal WPS training policy for COVID-19. A handout: Resources for New Jersey Licensed Pesticide Applicators will also be made available.

Note: If you uploaded materials for the September Nursery Twilight you do NOT need to for the October meeting.

Upload directions: If you click on the photo ID upload link using a smart phone/tablet you will have the option of simply taking a photo of your ID and uploading it directly into the system. Otherwise, you can scan a copy of your photo ID into a computer and follow the directions at the upload link. If you are unable to upload documentation prior to the meeting, please contact Tim Waller for assistance (twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu).

October 2020 Nursery Crop Twilight Meeting (CORE) 

NJ Pesticide License Recertification credits anticipated: CORE (2)

Online Program

5:30pm          Webinar opens and visual attendance check 

                        –Timothy Waller, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agriculture Agent for Cumberland County

(Recording begins) : Welcome Remarks

6:00pm          Pesticide Regulatory Review for Pesticide Applicators, Businesses, and Agricultural Employers

-Patricia Hastings, Rutgers Pest Management Office Program Associate I

 (Recording ends)

7:00pm                Additional questions; Adjourn

In cooperation with the NJNLA, NJLCA, and NJCTGA

Instructions:

• Register for event at the above link
• Include your pesticide license number and date of birth if you would like recertification credits
• After registration you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the actual twilight meeting.
• Upload a copy of your government issued photo ID and pesticide license at the link above
• Day-of: click the link in the registration confirmation email and select “join by browser-New” around 5:30pm
• Day-of: Have your video on if you wish to obtain credits

Required to be eligible to receive pesticide applicator recertification credits for this twilight program:

1.   Attend the entire meeting with live VIDEO feed on, seated in the center of the frame. Those without a webcam or  phone attendees without a live video feed are not eligible to receive credits. Call-ins (audio only) are not eligible for pesticide recertification credits as of now; you need a computer/phone/tablet with *live* video capability. If you choose to access via your smartphone, it is recommended that it is fully charged or plugged in; and that any background applications are not running.

2.   Attendees must participate throughout the entire session, staying to the end. Individuals are not eligible for credits if they arrive after the start of the first training topic or leave before the end of the last topic. Polls will be randomly scheduled, and attendance will be visually monitored to verify attendance.

3.   In order to meet NJDEP-required identity verification requirements, each attendee must provide a copy of a Government issued photo ID (passport, driver’s license, municipal, or county ID) and their New Jersey Pesticide Applicator License as part of their registration.

Please upload files of your photo ID and applicator license to the link above as; 

      a)    “Last name_ First_ Photo ID”

      b)    “Last name_ First_ Pesticide License”

Note: Licensed applicators with a recertification period expiring October 31, 2020 or October 31, 2021 will be given an exemption from the NJDEP online credit cap of 25% and are eligible for all credits, otherwise this exemption does not apply.

Rutgers is dedicated to protecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe.  Upon upload, your files will be encrypted and stored to Rutgers Connect. Your information will be kept strictly confidential; used solely to meet NJDEP ID verification protocol for recertification credit; and will not be used for any other purpose. Your files will be deleted within 60 days after the training event.

There is still time to register for the September 2020 Nursery Twilight Meeting (Virtual)

Registrations will be accepted until noon Thursday. Registration is required (Free).

This Thursday, September 24^th, 2020

6:00-7:00 pm

^{please log-in between 5:30 and 5:50pm}

Click here to register for the twilight meeting

Registration password: nursery

Click here to upload your government issued photo ID and Pesticide license prior to the meeting

In cooperation with the NJNLA, NJLCA, and NJCTGA

Instructions:

• Register for event at the above link
• Include your pesticide license number and date of birth if you would like recertification credits
• After registration you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the actual twilight meeting.
• Upload a copy of your government issued photo ID at the link above
  • • Upload a copy of your government issued photo ID and Pesticide License
    • (This is required to receive pesticide recertification credits)  
    • If you click on the photo ID upload link using a smart phone/tablet you will have the option of simply taking a photo of your ID & pesticide license and uploading it directly into the system. Otherwise, you can scan a copy of your photoID & pesticide license into a computer and follow the directions at the upload link. If you are unable to upload documentation prior to the meeting we will work with you to verify your identity for NJDEP recertification credit purposes using the attendance roster to contact individuals that are seeking credits. 
    • Please upload files of your photo ID and pesticide license named as: 
    1. a)    “Last name_ First_ Photo ID”; and 
    2. b)    “Last name_ First_ Pesticide License”. 
• Day-of: click the link in the registration confirmation email and select “join by browser-New” around 5:30pm
• Day-of: Have your video on if you wish to obtain credits

Additional requirements for those seeking credits:  

1. Licensed applicators with a recertification period expiring October 31, 2020 will be given an exemption from the NJDEP online credit cap of 25% and are eligible for all credits, otherwise this exemption does not apply.
2. Required to be eligible to receive pesticide applicator recertification credits for this Twilight program:
3. Attend the entire meeting with live VIDEO feed on, seated in the center of the frame. Those without a webcam or phone attendees without a live video feed are not eligible to receive credits.
4. Attendees must participate throughout the entire session, staying to the end. Individuals are not eligible for credits if they arrive after the start of the first training topic or leave before the end of the last topic. Polls will be randomly scheduled, and attendance will be visually monitored to verify attendance.

Rutgers is dedicated to protecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe.  Upon upload, your files will be encrypted and stored to Rutgers Connect. Your information will be kept strictly confidential; used solely to meet NJDEP ID verification protocol for recertification credit; and will not be used for any other purpose. Your files will be deleted within 60 days after the training event.  

Inspectors at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture recently flagged an unusually high number of tea roses expressing rose mosaic disease. These roses were shipped in from out of state. If you plan to inventory this type of rose for the upcoming season, it is highly advised that you have conversations about this with your distributer and more importantly, obtain the required virus-free certifications. Rose mosaic disease is a complex of viruses that most commonly includes Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) and Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), and to a lesser extent Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV) and Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV). Singularly or in combination, these viruses can all trigger mosaic symptoms.

Excerpts from NJ Department of Agriculture on the rose quarantine:

• Rose plants may be shipped onto the State of New Jersey only after they have been inspected during the growing season by a state inspector in the state in which they were grown at the time appropriate for symptom expression and found to be visibly free from virus diseases, especially viruses associated with rose mosaic disease.
• All shipments of rose plants entering the State of New Jersey must be accompanied by an official certificate or statement issued by the proper state official in the state of origin, certifying that the plants were inspected during the growing season at a time when symptoms would be apparent and found visibly free of plant viruses.